Links

Equipment & Other Essentials

BigBox Products - we've recently upgraded to digital dictaphones, through this company. The also sell through eBay as Next Generation Products, which is where we found their 2GB (560 hours!) digital voice recorder (also doubles as an MP3 player). Going to take a bit of getting used to as its so sensative it picks up the slightest movement noise, but that's one of the things we love about it!

Rocket Fuel - the UP:PSI coffee of choice! Be warned, it contains caffeine (at espresso strength) AND guarana!

People

Diana Jarvis - celebrity medium, star of Psychic TV and author, also sells spiritual and magikal items. Also all-round nice person!

Mike Hallowell - the "Wizard of Weird," another lovely person we have met in the last few years and are proud to call a friend. Expert on many things, he is the leading authority on Mardsen Grotto.

Other Sites of Interest

AtmosFEAR! - "UK leaders in independent location based scare entertainment."

Supernatural TV - "a comprehensive database of British-made supernatural television Drama, Comedy and Documentaries from 1936 to the present day."

Time Travel Britain - a website for historical researchers.

Acts & Artists

• Adrian Spendlow - writer, performer, poet extraordinaire

• Coquette Burlesque & Cabaret - "artful prettiness and showstopping entertainment"

Attractions

• Castle Howard - "there's no place like this home"

• DIG - "an archaeological adventure"

• Fairfax House - "The Finest Georgian House in England"

• Haunted - Haunted House of York on Stonegate. Eerie rather than scary, this a beautiful old building dating back, in various parts to almost the start of York's history: it has part of the original Roman road in the cellar. Added to over the centuries, there are some magnificent examples of the work of former occupant John Ward Knowles, Victorian glazier. Worth a trip round for the building alone.

• York Art Gallery - free admission

• Yorkshire Air Museum - authentic WWII bomber base

• Yorkshire Museum

Charities

• Yorkshire Swan & Wildlife Rescue Hospital

Clothing

• Heaven Forbid! - "York's Unique Boutique!" Clothing, accessories, shoes, jewellery and gifts.

Deliciouslyorkshire

Foodie heaven from God's Own County!

• Demijohn - "liquid deli"!!! Liqueurs, wines, spirits, whisky, oils and vinegars by the jar. The Nelson's Spiced Rum Liqueur is amazing!

• Little Pretty Things - chocolate, chocolate workshops, chocolate, chocolate tasting, and did we remember to mention the chocolate? And chocolate with cheese in: we kid you not!

There's a lot more at Deliciouslyorkshire, but the ones above we can personally recommend!

Festivals

• York City of Festivals - your one stop site for all the festivals that are going on in York, City of Festivals.

• York Food Festival

• York Ghost Festival

History

• History of York - including our Trail

Paranormal

• Haunted York

• Ghost Walks in York

Everything Else

• Appy Feet - personal recommendation here, we've tried the York one and its weird but fanastic, especially when the endomorphines start running round your system!

• Ariel Press - the home of Harker

• Flash Frame Productions

• The House of Trembling Madness - for those of us who love grubbing around in old attics, it makes a nice change to be in a clean one, especially one with such fantastic beers! The medieval top floor of this building was a cafe in the 1960s, abandoned, then re-discovered and turned in to a beer cafe.
  

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• Welcome to Yorkshire

Knaresborough

• The Old Glasshouse Gallery - amazing jewellery as well as other glass objects, artwork, fairtrade products, bespoke studio etc. We love the dyed haematite rings! Find them at 8a Kirkgate, Knaresborough HG5 8AD or ring 01423 861930

Whitby

• Hamish near Kirkgate - Pagan bits and pieces. No website or e-mail, find them at 17 Grape Lane, Whitby YO22 4BA or ring 01947 604633

• Kerridwen's Kauldron - "Whitby Pagan Shop & Alternative Art Gallery," find them at 154 Church Street, Whitby YO22 4BH

• Spiritual Connectons - "Whitby's specialist to the realm of the esoteric." Find them at Shambles Market, Market Place, Whitby YO22 4DD or ring 01947 600477

• Venus Trading - More Pagan and Goth stuff, find them at 4 Sandgate, Whitby YO22 4DB or ring 01947 601221